JPH09211751A - Camera system and camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily obtain a print intended by a photographer by printing a printed picture after having image processing selected according to printing request specification information. SOLUTION: A photographic lens 3 for taking a reference picture, a photographic lens 4 for taking a subpicture, a finder window 5, an AF range-finding window 6 and an AE photometric window 7 are arranged in the vicinity of the center of the front surface of the main body 1a of a camera 1. Each information of the distance difference between objects and a lens base length as parallax information which is read out by a printer is obtained with a pair of photographic pictures of a pair of the reference picture and subpicture with parallax which are taken by the camera 1. Further, output form information as the printing request specification information recorded on a subphotographic picture frame is read by instructions by an output form instruction means incorporated in the camera 1. Thus, the printed picture having a blurring taste or a picture effect can be prepared through the image processing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a camera system,
More specifically, the present invention relates to a camera system that obtains a high-quality print image by performing predetermined image processing with a printing device based on a pair of captured images taken by the camera.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The image quality of a conventional silver halide camera is largely due to a lens. High-quality single-lens reflex type cameras, which are said to be high-end models, require high image quality, so the applicable lens has a large aperture and consists of multiple lenses in multiple groups.The resolution is high, the resulting image is bright, and Aberration is suppressed within a predetermined range. On the other hand, a lens shutter type camera which is relatively inexpensive, for example, a compact type camera, is given priority to portability and cost. Therefore, the applicable lens has a smaller aperture than the single-lens reflex type camera. Due to the small number of images, the image is dark and some aberration is seen.

As described above, in a single-lens reflex type camera, since the image obtained is bright, there are many combinations of apertures and shutter speeds, which can be selected according to the photographer's preference. You can freely control the degree of blurring of objects and the resulting images will be attractive. With a compact camera type camera, the image obtained as described above is dark, so even if the aperture is opened, 1
It is not possible to produce the bokeh like the reflex type. In this way, the images obtained from a relatively inexpensive compact camera type are better than those of the high-end single-lens reflex type.
It is less attractive.

Therefore, as a method for producing a blur condition, which is one of the high image quality feelings of a single-lens reflex type camera, even with an image taken with an inexpensive compact camera, conventionally proposed is a two-lens system. There is a method in which the subject distance is calculated based on the parallax between a pair of images obtained by a digital camera, and the degree of blurring is controlled by correlating with the distance difference. In this case, what is obtained as the print image is an image on the print screen obtained by performing image processing by the computer.

[0005]

As the above-mentioned image blurring state, although there are various blurring due to front pinning, rear pinning, and the size of blurring, there are various types of blurring due to the conventional twin-lens camera described above. If the image condition such as the condition is operable, the information for specifying the condition such as the blur is not taken in, so it is not possible to select the condition of the blur at the time of printing, and it is possible to obtain the image of the desired condition. was difficult.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and even if an image taken by a relatively inexpensive camera has a high image quality feeling close to that of an image taken by a single-lens reflex camera, for example. An object of the present invention is to provide a camera system in which a certain image, which is suitable for the photographer's intention, for example, a print of an image with a blurring degree designated by the photographer, can be obtained from the developed image.

[0007]

A camera system according to claim 1 of the present invention captures a pair of images having parallax, and records the parallax information and print request specification information on a film, The image of the film that was taken by the camera and processed, and the parallax information,
And a camera system including a print device for inputting print request specification information and performing predetermined image processing and then outputting a print image, wherein the print image is
The image is printed after performing the image processing operation selected according to the print request specification information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the camera system according to the first aspect, the print request specification information is at least information regarding designation of a blur state of a print image. A camera according to claim 3 of the present invention is a camera constituting the camera system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the pair of images is provided with at least the parallax information and the print request specification information when the image is taken. Record.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Prior to a detailed description of the camera system according to each embodiment of the present invention, an outline thereof will be described. This camera system has a pair of taking lenses arranged substantially parallel to each other, and a camera for taking a pair of subject images with parallax obtained by the taking lenses on a silver salt film; The printing device is configured to perform a computer image process on the pair of images thus formed to print one print image.

In the printing apparatus, the parallax between the pair of images is detected to obtain the distance difference information between the subjects, and one print is created based on the distance difference information. Disparity information recording / output form instruction for recording on the screen of the captured image the print request specification information for giving the degree of image blurring or special effects, the object distance information as the disparity information, and the lens base line length information. Means are provided in the camera.

In the above camera system, a pair of subject images having a parallax is formed on the recording medium by the camera with the camera, and the image is taken. At the time of the image taking, the print request specification is output by the output form instruction means. Subject distance information and lens base line length information as parallax information for performing print processing according to the above-mentioned output form are output as the type instruction information, and the subject image is displayed on one of the pair of recording media together with the subject image. Recorded in. It is possible to read the output form information and the parallax information at the time of printing and print an image having a blur condition and a special filter effect according to the photographer's intention. The output form instructing means may be incorporated in the printing device, and in this case, the printing form is instructed by the printing device.

Next, a camera system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. The camera system of the present embodiment is shown in perspective views of FIGS. 1 and 2, the camera 1 shown in the block diagram of the information recording system of FIGS. 4 and 5, and the block diagram of FIG. 10 described later. Printing device 2
0. Then, based on a pair of photographed images, which is a pair of sub-reference and parallax photographed by the camera 1, the distance difference between the objects, which is the parallax information read by the printing apparatus 20, and the lens. The output form information, which is the print request specification information recorded on the sub-photographing screen, which is instructed by the output form instructing means built in the camera 1 and is read, is obtained,
It is possible to add a blur effect such as that obtained with a single-lens reflex camera, or create a print image having an image effect by a special effect filter by image processing.

The print request specification information is information for instructing the degree of image blurring and the output form of the special filter effect. The type of the output form is, for example, the switching state diagram of FIG. 9 described later. As shown, six types are applied, such as one using a lens diaphragm and one using a special filter.

As for the camera 1, as shown in FIG. 1 showing a photographing state and FIG. 2 showing a carrying state, the lens cover 2 provided on the front surface of the main body 1a is opened at the time of photographing for photographing. As shown in FIG. 1, near the center of the front surface of the main body 1 of the camera 1, as shown in FIG.
Photographing lens 3 for taking the reference image shown on screen G1 of
A taking lens 4 for taking a sub-image shown on the screen G2 of FIG. 3B, a finder window 5, an AF distance measuring window 6, A
An E photometric window 7 is arranged. A strobe window 8 is arranged on the right side of the front surface of the camera body 1a. On the upper surface of the camera body 1a, a photometric switch 9, an output form instruction switch 10,
An output form selection switch 11 and an LCD 12 for displaying the number of shots, the output form instruction state, and the like are arranged. Further, a mechanical switch (not shown) is arranged between the lens cover 2 and the camera body 1, and the power is turned on or off in conjunction with opening or closing of the lens cover 2.

The block diagram of FIG. 4 is a main block configuration diagram of a recording system of the output form instruction information of the camera 1, the object distance information, and the baseline length information. In the above recording system,
The information signal is output form instruction signal from the output form instructing switch 10 and the output form selecting switch 11 which are the output form instructing means in the operation switch 100 applying the film 15 which is an optically recorded silver salt film, that is, the print. The required specification signal is sent to the CPU 101. CPU10
From 1 onward, information output for instructing the above-mentioned output instruction form and output of subject distance information and baseline length information as parallax information are L.
Is sent to the ED light emitting circuit 102A. LED light emitting circuit 1
A light emission signal indicating output form information and the like from the LED 02A
It is output to 3a and 103b, and it makes the light emission based on the signal.

The light emitted from the LEDs 103a and 103b is exposed on the film 15 together with the image on the side of the sub-image screen G2 (see FIG. 3B) at the time of photographing, and the contents of the output form are instructed from the exposed state. It is possible to transmit the subject distance at the time of shooting and the base line length of the camera.

The LED 103a is for instructing the output form and is composed of three LEDs. It is possible to instruct 8 kinds of output forms in each blinking state, and as shown in FIG. 3B, the screen G2 of the developed sub-image is displayed.
A record information pattern P1 of the output form instruction information by the light emission of the LED 103a is displayed on the right side of the lower end of the. The LED 103b is composed of four LEDs. By blinking these LEDs, the output form information is recorded, and at the same time as shown in FIG. 3B, the subject at the time of shooting is displayed on the lower left side of the sub-image screen G2. It is displayed as a record information pattern P2 of distance information and camera-specific baseline length information.

The block diagram of FIG. 5 shows output form instruction information and object distance information in the camera 1 when a new standard silver salt film 17 having a magnetic recording surface for magnetically recording an information signal on the back surface of the photosensitive surface is applied. It is a main block block diagram of the recording system of baseline length information. An output instruction signal is sent from the output form instruction switch 10 and the output form selection switch 11 which are output form instruction means in the operation switch group 100 to the CPU 101.
To the magnetic recording circuit 102B, the CPU 101 outputs to the magnetic recording circuit 102B the output instruction form, the object distance information, and the baseline information, and the magnetic recording circuit 102B outputs a magnetic recording signal indicating the output form to the magnetic recording head 104. 1
7 is magnetically recorded on the magnetic recording surface 17a. It is possible to read the magnetic recording information, instruct the output form, and capture the subject distance information and the baseline information.

Next, the details of the camera 1 will be described. As shown in the detailed block diagram of FIG. 3, the camera 1 includes a shutter drive circuit 105 that drives a shutter 111, a motor drive circuit 106 that drives an AF motor 112 and a feed motor 113, and a light projecting unit. An AF circuit 107 for performing focus adjustment by transmitting and receiving signals to and from the unit 115 and the light receiving unit 116, an AE circuit 108 for performing exposure adjustment by measuring the subject light through the light receiving unit 117, and a strobe light emitting unit 118. A strobe circuit 109 for emitting light, an operation switch group 100 including a main power switch, a photometric switch 9, an output form instruction switch 10, and an output form selection switch 11, a display circuit 110 for displaying an LCD 12 and notifying a shooting state, The LED light emitting circuit 102A or the magnetic recording circuit 102 which is a parallax information / output form recording means.
B, and the shutter drive circuit 10 which is each control element described above.
5, motor drive circuit 106, AF circuit 107, AE circuit 108, strobe circuit 109, operation switch group 100,
C that controls the display circuit 110, the LED light emitting circuit 102A, the magnetic recording circuit 102B, and the like, and controls the entire camera C
And PU 101. The magnetic recording circuit 102B is incorporated in the case of the camera 1 to which a new standard silver halide film having a magnetic recording surface is applied.

Next, regarding the photographing operation of the camera 1,
A description will be given based on the flowchart shown in FIG. When the lens cover 2 is opened, the main power switch turns on,
The process of FIG. 7 is started. Display circuit 1 in step S1
An output for displaying the “output form instruction” is output from the display LCD 12 and is displayed on the LCD 12. Then, in step S2, it is confirmed whether the output form instruction has been changed. That is, it is detected whether the output form instruction indicating the print request specification is changed by the output form instruction switch 10. If it has been changed, the output form is selected by operating the output form selection switch 11 shown in the process of FIG. 8 to be described later, and the process proceeds to step S3. If it has not been changed, the process proceeds to step S4. In step S4, the LED light emitting circuit 102A is output with the current setting, or with the initial setting when the main power is turned on. Then, the process proceeds to step S5.

In step S3, output form information is output to the LED light emitting circuit 102A based on the instructions from the output form instruction switch 10 and the selection switch 11. And
Proceed to step S5. In step S5, switch group 1
It is detected whether or not the photometry switch 9 in 00 is half-pushed. If it is half-pushed, the process proceeds to step S6, and if not, the process proceeds to step S7.

In step S6, focus adjustment is performed in the AF circuit 107 and exposure adjustment is performed in the AE circuit 108, and an adjustment command is issued to the motor drive circuit 106, the shutter drive circuit 105, and the like. In addition, the AF circuit 10
The subject distance information from 7 is output to the LED light emitting circuit 102A of the parallax information / output form recording means together with the lens base line length information. Then, the process proceeds to step S8, it is detected whether or not the photometric switch 9 is pressed, and if it is pressed, the process proceeds to step S9, and if not, the process proceeds to step S7. In step S9, a shutter drive command is issued to the shutter drive circuit 105, the shutter is driven, and shooting is performed.
Then, the process returns to step S2.

As described above, in the determination of step S5, if the photometric switch 9 is not pressed, step S5
In step S7, it is detected whether or not the lens cover 2 is closed, that is, whether or not the main power supply switch is turned off. If it is turned off, this series of sequences is ended. If it is not turned off, the process returns to step S2, and the subsequent processes are as described above.

In step S9, the output form instruction signal as the print request specification information based on the output form instruction and the signal of the object distance information and the baseline length information which are the parallax information are simultaneously displayed on the sub-image side film. However, as shown in FIG. 4, the LED light emitting circuit 102
The LEDs 103a and 103b are caused to emit light via A, and the light emission state according to each of the above signals is exposed and recorded on the film surface.

Prior to the description of the output form instruction change processing of FIG. 8 showing the details of step S2 of FIG. 7, the information content recorded by the LED emission and the instruction method will be described below. There are roughly two types of the above-mentioned output forms which are recorded by the light emission of the three LEDs 103a and which are the print request specifications. One is blurring due to the difference in FNO. In other words, there is blurring of the print screen based on the distance difference, and the other is using a special effect filter to produce the same effect. Four types of FNO. Are applied to the former, and four types of filters are applied to the latter.
NO. Or select and specify the filter. FIG. 9 shows a display LC when the above-mentioned output forms are sequentially switched and designated.
Each output form name displayed on D12 is shown.

Those based on the above FNO. Are "F4",
There are four types, "F5.6", "F8", and "F11".
These are pseudo FNO.s, and the aperture diameter does not actually change, and the blurring condition when it is assumed that the image was taken with a single-lens reflex camera or the like at the aperture of FNO. It is a thing. Depending on the size of the pseudo FNO., The degree of blurring changes as in a single-lens reflex camera, and when the FNO. Is large, only the subject that is relatively far from the main subject is blurred. When the FNO. Is small, the main subject is blurred from a subject relatively close to the main subject, and the blur becomes larger as the subject is farther away.

As for the type of output form by switching the special effect filter, "soft" makes the entire screen soft, "soft A" makes soft except the center of the screen, and "soft B" makes the softness stronger. Furthermore, in "Foggy", the output form becomes as if the entire screen was foggy.

On the other hand, regarding the object distance information and the lens base line length information, which are the parallax information recorded by the light emission of the four LEDs 103b, among the four LEDs 103b,
Three are used for object distance information, the other one is the baseline length,
That is, it is used for the lens interval information. The subject distance information is divided into 6 ranks, the subject distance is divided into 6 ranks in the following range, and the light emitting states of the three LEDs are changed for each rank. The above 6 ranks are 1 to 2 m, 2 to 3 m, 3 to 5 m, 5 to 7 m, 7 to 10 depending on the range of the subject distance.
m, 10 to ∞.

Since the baseline length information is unique to the camera, it is necessary to give an instruction on the photographing screen. In the case of this embodiment, the baseline length is 10 mm, and the one L
The light emission state of the ED corresponds. In the case of the type to which the magnetic recording circuit 102B of FIG. 5 is applied, similarly,
The output form instruction information, the subject distance information, and the baseline length information are recorded in the magnetic recording unit 17a on the back surface of the film 17 as described above.
Magnetic recording is performed according to the D emission state.

Next, step S in the processing of FIG.
The process of changing the output form instruction in 2 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This output form instruction is performed by the output form instruction switch 10 and the output form selection switch 11. As shown in step S1 of FIG. 7, when the main power switch is turned on, the initially set output form is displayed on the LCD 12. In this case, the initial setting is the output form of "F4". Then, step S2
The details are shown in the flowchart of FIG.

When the process proceeds to step S2, first, the process of step S20 of FIG. 8 is performed. In this step S20, it is detected whether or not the output form instruction switch 10 has been pressed.
If the output form instruction switch 10 is pressed, step S
If not pressed, go to step S4 in FIG.
Proceed to.

In step S21, the current output form display on the LCD 12 is in a blinking state. In this case, "F"
4 "blinks. Then, the process proceeds to step S22. In step S22, it is detected whether or not the output form selection switch 11 is pressed, and if it is pressed, the process proceeds to step S23, and if it is not pressed, the process proceeds to step S24. In step S23, the output form is changed to the following output form, and in this case, "F5.
6 "becomes blinking, and the process returns to step S22.

If the output form selection switch 11 is not pressed for 2 seconds in step S22, the process proceeds to step S24, the blinking display stops, the displayed output form is set, and the process proceeds to step S3 in FIG. move on. In other words, each time the output form selection switch 11 is pressed, the above-mentioned output forms are sequentially displayed, and when the desired output form is displayed, if the display is left for 2 seconds as it is, the display stops blinking and the output form is changed. finish. The display order of the output form is as shown in FIG.

Next, the structure of the printing device 20 for printing based on the pair of main and sub images taken by the camera 1 and the printing process will be described. The printing apparatus 20 scans a pair of developed films as shown in the block diagram of FIG.
An image processing circuit 201 for performing image processing on the image signal from 00 based on an output form instruction, a printer unit 202 for printing the image signal from the image processing circuit 201, an image after scanning and an image after image processing are displayed. Monitor 2
03, a main power switch, operation switches 204 including each operation switch, and a CP that controls the entire printer device such as the scanner unit, the image processing circuit, the printer unit, and the monitor.
It is composed of U205. It should be noted that the scanner unit 200 has a built-in output form reproducing unit for reproducing the output form instruction.

The developed film is exposed with a pair of two images, a reference image and a sub image having parallax, and the pair of images are scanned by the scanner unit 200 and converted into image signals. . At that time, the output form instruction, the subject distance information, and the baseline length information on the sub-image are read by the output form reproducing unit. In the case of the conventional silver salt film 15, the above information is scanned and read together with the image, but in the case of the new standard film 17 having a magnetic recording portion, the above information is magnetically reproduced and taken in. Then, the image processing circuit 201 performs image processing based on the output form, and the printer unit 20
From 2, one print can be obtained.

Now, the operation of the image processing circuit 201 will be described in detail. First, when the output form instruction is one of FNO., The image processing circuit 201 extracts the contour of each subject for each of the reference image and the sub-image, and calculates each subject center coordinate. Since one point of the sub-image with respect to one point of the reference image is determined from the subject distance information and the baseline length information, the main subject can be obtained from each of the subject coordinates. Then, the inter-subject distance information is obtained from the parallax between the reference image and the sub-image. Next, using the reference image, the degree of blurring is changed based on the FNO.

FIG. 11A is a screen G3 of the reference image after scanning, and FIG. 11B is a screen G4 of the sub image after scanning. An output form recording pattern P3 indicating the light emitting state of the LED relating to the output form information is displayed at the lower right corner of the image on the screen G4 of FIG. 11B, and further, the LED emission concerning the subject distance information and the baseline length information is displayed at the lower left corner. An information recording pattern P4 showing the state is displayed. Then, from the parallax between the reference image and the sub-image, each subject H1,
Distance information such as H2, H3, H4 and H5 is calculated.

In this case, the person is the main subject H1,
It is calculated that the signboard, the house, the tree, and the mountain are arranged in this order based on the person, and the person who is the main subject H1
The signboard (H2), which is the subject closest to the person, is printed in focus. And the house (H3),
The tree (H4) and the mountain (H5) are subjected to blurring processing based on the respective distance information and the output form and printed. The smaller the above-mentioned pseudo FNO., The house other than the main subject, the tree,
The mountains are blurred, but the blur increases as the subject distance increases. FIG. 11C is a screen G5 of the output print image that has been subjected to the blurring process.

If the output form instruction is a software system of a special effect filter, image processing is performed on the reference image, and a print with soft focus on the entire screen is output.

As described above, according to the camera system of the present embodiment, an image in which two object images with parallax taken by a relatively inexpensive silver halide camera are paired, and an output form instruction is given. By recording the output form instruction information by the means 1 and the distance information and the baseline information which are the parallax information together on the film or on the magnetic recording medium, it is close to a high-end machine which is attractive according to the intention of the photographer. High quality prints can be obtained.

Next, a camera system according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The present camera system is the system of the first embodiment to which a camera formed of a general lens-attached film is added to the system of the present invention, and other configurations are the same as those of the first system. It is equivalent to the system of the embodiment. Therefore, only the different points will be described below.

12 and 13 are an external perspective view of the camera applied to the camera system of the present embodiment as seen from the subject side and an external perspective view as seen from the photographer's side. A photographing lens 41 for photographing a reference image and a photographing lens 42 for photographing a sub-image are arranged on the subject-side front surface near the center of the main body 40a of the camera 40. A finder window 43, a strobe window 44, and a strobe switch 45 for switching the strobe on and off are provided above the finder window 43. Further, a photographing switch 46 and a photographing number display window 47 are arranged on the upper surface of the main body 40a, and as shown in FIG. 13, a winding dial 48, a finder window 44, and print request specifications are indicated on the side of the photographer. An output form instructing operation section 49, which is an output form instructing means, is arranged.

The output form instruction operating section 49 can be slid along the film feeding direction, and can switch between six output forms depending on the slide position. Of these, 3 types are designated as FNO.
The types are special effect filter designations A, B, and C. The six types of designations are made by the slide position of the end portion 49a located inside the main body 40a of the output form instruction operation unit 49.

That is, as shown in the longitudinal sectional view of FIG. 14 which is a cross section taken along the line EE 'of FIG. 13, the film 50 is arranged behind the taking lenses 41 and 42 through the diaphragm and the shutter.
An end portion 49a that slides integrally with the operation portion 49 is arranged immediately in front of the photographing lens side. And in FIG.
It is the figure which looked at the film surface from the photographing lens at the time of photographing, and the reference image 50a and the sub image 50b are imaged on the screens G51 and G52, respectively. The end portion 4 of the output form instruction operating unit 49 described above.
9a is arranged so as to slide in the range of the lower end portion of the sub-image screen G52, the position of the sub-image on the screen G52 changes depending on the type of output form instruction, and is exposed as a black pattern at the time of shooting.

When the camera 40 prints based on the developed screen of the photographic film, the black pattern position of the developed screen is detected in the printing device, and six types of output modes, which are the print request specifications, are selected. One is read and image processing is performed according to the output form to obtain one print. The black portion is the exposed portion of the lower end portion of the sub-image, and the sub-image is used to obtain the distance information between the subjects. Therefore, especially when a very small portion of the image becomes the black portion. No problem for image processing.

As described above, according to the camera system of the present embodiment, an inexpensive lens-equipped film is applied, and a pair of images in which two object images having parallax at the time of shooting are set and an output form. Since an instruction from the output form instruction operating unit, which is an instruction means, can be recorded together on the recording medium with a simple structure, even if a relatively inexpensive camera is used, an attractive selected output that matches the intention of the photographer A morphological print can be obtained.

Next, a camera system according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. The camera system according to the present embodiment is a system in which an output form instructing unit is built in the applicable printing device side. Only parts different from the system of the first embodiment will be described below.

The camera 1 constituting the present system has the same structure as that of the first embodiment, but may have a structure excluding the output form instructing means. The printing device 30 is the printing device 2 applied to the above-described embodiment.
Although it has basically the same configuration as 0, it has a configuration in which an output form instructing switch, which is an output form instructing means, and an output form selecting switch are arranged on the keyboard.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing the structure of the printing apparatus 30. The printing apparatus 30 controls the operations of the image scanning control, the image processing control, the print control, and the image processing, the scanner unit 302 that scans the image, the printer unit 303, and the control unit 301. Further, a keyboard 304 having an output form instruction switch for instructing an output form indicating a print request specification and an output form selection switch, an operation state of the control unit 301, a scanned image display, and an image display after image processing are displayed on the monitor. 305 and the main components. The upper surface of the scanner 302 has a developed film insertion opening 302a.
And a discharge port 302b are provided.

Next, the printing apparatus 3 having the above configuration
The processing operation of 0 will be described based on the flowcharts of FIGS. 17 and 18. When the main power source of the control unit 301 is turned on, the process of step 31 is started. In the above step S31, the operator inserts the leading end of the film into the film insertion opening of the scanner 302 to complete the scan preparation, and the process proceeds to step S32.

In step S32, it is detected that a scan start command is issued from the keyboard 304. If the start command has been issued, the process proceeds to step S33, and if the start command has not been issued, the process proceeds to step S34. In step S34, it is detected whether or not the main power supply is turned off. If the main power supply is turned off, the series of sequences ends, and if it remains in the on state, the process returns to step S32.

In step S33, the scanner 302
In, a pair of two images is read, only the reference image is displayed on the monitor 305, and the process proceeds to step S35. In step S35, it is detected whether or not the output form instruction switch on the keyboard 304 is pressed. If it is pressed, the process proceeds to step S36, and if it is not pressed, the process proceeds to step S37.

In step S36, all output type types are displayed on the monitor 305 with numbers, and
The current output form is also displayed, and the process proceeds to step S39. In step S39, it is detected whether or not the number of the output form type is input from the keyboard 304, and if it is input,
In step S40 of FIG. 18, if no input is made,
It returns to step S37.

In step S40, "designate main subject"
Is displayed on the monitor and the process proceeds to step S41. In step S41, it is detected whether the main subject is designated by the keyboard 304. This main subject is indicated on the monitor 3
A cursor is displayed on 05, and the cursor is moved by operating the keyboard to instruct the main subject. Then, the process proceeds to step S42. In step S42, step S39
The image processing is performed on the basis of the number input by the monitor 30 and the image after the image processing based on the instructed output form is displayed on the monitor 30.
5 is displayed, and the process returns to step S39.

In step S37, it is detected whether or not a print start command is issued from the keyboard 304. If a print command is issued, the process proceeds to step S38. If no command is issued, the process returns to step S32. Read the next pair of images. The step S38 is a process for printing an image of the output form that is currently set, and if the switch is not pressed in step S35, the reference image is printed as it is, and the process returns to step S37.

That is, after scanning one set of images,
Select a desired output form, perform image processing, print if the image is acceptable, and perform image processing again if another output form is desired. Further, when it is desired to print a plurality of output forms, it is possible by repeating the above sequence. The type of output form is the same as that applied in the camera system of the first embodiment described above.

As described above, according to the camera system of the present embodiment, since the output form instruction means is provided in the printing device 30, the output form instruction may be forgotten at the time of photographing,
When it is desired to change the designation at the time of shooting, or even when printing an image taken by a camera that does not have an output form instruction, the output form can be instructed by the printing device 30, so an attractive print that matches the intention of the photographer can be obtained. Easy to get.

(Supplementary Note) Based on the above-described embodiment, a camera system having the following configuration can be proposed. That is, (1) having a pair of photographing lenses arranged substantially in parallel,
A camera that captures a pair of images that have passed through the photographic lens; and a printing device that outputs one image-processed print image based on the pair of images of the film that have been captured and developed by the camera, The camera records information on a printing process including parallax information on a film, and the printing device inputs the parallax information and print request specification information to obtain one print image. It is characterized by outputting.

(2) The camera system according to the supplementary note (1), wherein the print request specification information is recorded on only one of the pair of images on the film.

(3) A camera having a pair of taking lenses arranged substantially parallel to each other and taking a pair of images passing through the taking lenses; and a pair of images of a film photographed by the cameras and processed. And a printing device that outputs one print image that has been subjected to image processing, and the printing device obtains parallax information of a pair of images from at least a film,
A camera system which outputs one print image based on print request specification information input to the apparatus.

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According to the camera system of the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to print according to the print request specification information instructed by the photographer. Therefore, it is possible to print an image in accordance with the intention of the photographer. , Can be easily obtained based on an image taken by an inexpensive camera.

According to the camera system of claim 2 of the present invention, in the camera system of claim 1,
Since the print request specification is a specification for designating the blur state of the print screen, it is possible to easily obtain a print of an image in a blur state that matches the photographer's intention based on an image captured by an inexpensive camera.

According to the camera of claim 3 of the present invention,
In the camera constituting the camera system according to claim 1, the parallax information and the print request specification are recorded only in one of the pair of captured images, so that the other image is used for recording the information. The entire image can be used as a reference image for printing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a camera constituting a camera system showing a configuration according to a first embodiment of the present invention in a shooting state.

2 is an external perspective view of the camera of FIG. 1 in a portable state.

3 shows a screen of a pair of images taken by the camera of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 (A) shows a screen of a reference image, and FIG.
(B) shows a screen of the sub-image.

FIG. 4 is a block configuration diagram in the case of performing optical recording of the information recording system of the camera of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a case where magnetic recording is performed in the information recording system of the camera of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the camera of FIG.

7 is a flowchart of a shooting process in the camera of FIG.

8 is a flowchart showing the details of the processing of step S2 of the shooting processing in the camera of FIG.

9 is a diagram showing a switching state of output type types in the camera of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a block configuration diagram of a printing apparatus that constitutes the camera system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

11 is a diagram showing a screen of a developed image and an output print image read by the printing apparatus of FIG. 10, FIG. 11 (A) is a screen of a developed reference image, and FIG.
Shows the screen of the developed sub-image, and FIG. 11C shows the screen of the generated print image.

FIG. 12 is an external perspective view of a camera that constitutes the camera system according to the second embodiment of the present invention when viewed from the subject side.

13 is an external perspective view of the camera of FIG. 12 viewed from the photographer side.

14 is a sectional view taken along line EE ′ of FIG.

15 is a film screen showing a pair of images taken by the camera of FIG.

FIG. 16 is an external view of a system of a printing apparatus which constitutes a camera system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a part of a flowchart of print processing in the printing apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 18 is a part of a flowchart of print processing in the printing apparatus of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

15,17 ...... Film 1,40 ...... Camera 20,30 ...... Printer F4, F5.6, F8, F11, Soft, Soft A, Soft B, Foggy …… Print request specification information

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A camera that captures a pair of images having parallax and records parallax information and print request specification information on a film, an image of a film photographed by the camera and developed, and the parallax. A camera system including: a print device that inputs information and print request specification information, performs predetermined image processing, and then outputs a print image, the print image according to the print request specification information. A camera system, which is a print image after the image processing operation selected by the user is performed. 2. The camera system according to claim 1, wherein the print request specification information is at least information regarding designation of a blur state of a print image. 3. The camera constituting the camera system according to claim 1, wherein the camera records at least the parallax information and print request specification information in one of the pair of images at the time of shooting. .